As an affiliate of other programs.... I hate it when sponsors call me. I'm generally very busy doing something and a phone call forces me to interrupt what I'm doing to talk with someone I don't want to talk to, about a subject that's the furthest thing from my mind at that moment.

I especially hate it when someone I'm NOT an affiliate of calls me and wants to know why I'm not promoting them. I had one guy from a company that called weekly even though I asked him each time to not call. It's a solid guarantee that I will NEVER do business with them now!

As a sponsor, I can't think of a single reason I would need to call an affiliate on the phone. It annoys me to no end when sponsors call me, so why would I think my affiliates would like it any better than I do!

I don't want sponsors to call me but I'd be happy if Jim would call me with a weekly butt pimple update |barf|

I don't mind. I think it's great when someone wants my business and is willing to do whatever it takes to get it. If I don't want to answer the phone I just look at the caller id. If it's someone I don't know I figure if it's important they'll leave a message and I can get back to them when and if I want to.

ha i would never - shit i don't even cold email

always record all your buisness phone calls

50 bucks spent at radio shack can be a huge life saver someday

Yeah!! never know when a sexy talking rep will call... 5 minutes of her describing their website content, could be uploaded and available by micropayment in moments!! |headbang|

I dont mind it so much, but I just wish that Americans could get their head around timezones. Every single call I have ever had has been between 2-5am here in Australia, and I'm not that chirpy when my phone goes off at that time :)

Were you recording the time I confided in you about the goat, the coke bottle and vaseline? Please delete that I was drunk. |dizzy|

Not sure what the laws are in NY but here in Florida they tend to provide three hots and a cot for about five years for doing this. I actually know of a few people that got caught and got into a lot of trouble.

Here in Florida it is legal to video tape without knowledge but not sound.

in Florida, you need to mention that you are recording. I don't believe you need the beep every 30 seconds though.

In NY it's legal to record as long as one of the parties on the call knows it's being recorded. You do not have to mention that it's being recorded either.
Got it straight from a state troopers mouth when he came into the radio shack I was managing and bought a recording setup for his own personal use. Was several years ago, so could possibly have changed.

Video laws are the same in Sydney.. Sound is a big no-no.. and "bugging" anyone illegally is a pretty stiff sentence. (My family business performs de-bugging scans if anyone is ever worried in AU btw) but recording your own conversations is not illegal... same as NY, you can record a telephone call as long as one of the people know about it.

Not really sure how it would fly selling them though! |pimpin

i never got any phone call from them

i had a sponsor call me a few years ago, only time i ever got a phone call from one lol...the guy calling was just new but the company owed me some money for awhile...as soon as he said where he was from i told him i was coming down with a baseball bat to shove up his ass lol, he still talks about that phone call i think i scared him for life:)

got my money tho lol

Sponsor phone calls:

The only sponsors I've ever had call me was the peeps from flirt4free, and I don't really send them much traffic either. It didn't make me mad, but it didn't provoke me
to send them more traffic either.

I try to avoid having to call people unless they have asked me to call them, if their check came back and I can't get an email through to them, or I need information NOW i.e. tax reasons.

Also, I try not to leave a message unless I know the number I am calling is adult related. The last thing I need is to leave a message for an affiliate only to have their significant other get the message and discover a "secret lifestyle". |shocking|

What about mailings (Besides checks)? Would you pay more attention to mail from a sponsor or an email with the same information?

Unless there is a check in there I tend not to read anything from a sponsor.

I do read the messages when I login to grab promotional or check stats. Really that is the best place for me to get my attention.

The best place to get my attention is thru advertising on this board, but KCX already knows that :D

I`ve only had I think one actual sponsor(board sponsor too) call me a efw years back to pitch thier services. After a few successive followup calls I blew them off. I hate being sold too. But I don`t hold a grudge. I just went back recently to sign up and now promote them. They are well known reliable and filled a niche for me now.

My blanket policy. Don`t patronize anyone that calls or comes knocking on my door. If I need it I go looking. Seems to work well for all types of solicitations.

I prefer to do all buisness over email, icq, ect. No phone calls for me Please.

I actually had one that used to call me daily - YUP DAILY! The thing is I'd be quite frank like - HEY Buddy, I don't have the type of traffic that warrants a call DAILY - but he didn't understand until I told him he'd be better off going to some boards to get new business (gave him my ref of course) heheheh :)

So I agree with Cleo and all the rest - I don't like calls and would only contact a person by phone if they asked for it. Not everyone works from the comfort of their home & with everyone in the home knowing what they do. If they have a day job, I'm sure their bosses don't like them getting calls from something they're doing on the side. It's just too touchy in my opinion and only something acceptable if it was asked by the affiliate.

No problem but it must important enough to talk to them...

I have never ever been called by a sponsor yet so couldn't vote.

The only call I've received from a sponsor is one that I wasn't using. The guy was trying to convince me that my site would be perfect for their program, blah blah blah. It caught me so off-guard I just kept agreeing that I would look into it until I could get him off the phone. He phoned back 2 or 3 times after that but I was so turned off, there was no way I would consider working with them. Felt like a total invasion of privacy since he'd obviously got my phone number from my whois.

eroticy called me at 5am - the guy knew I lived in Australia but hadn't bothered to worry about timezones he said...

this was after he had ALSO emailed me a day earlier suggesting I use them then also

didnt like the email and after the call....... well you can guess the rest lol

LOL
I got a call this morning at 6 AM EST from someone wanting to advertise. For some reason, I took my office phone to bed so I was woke up with someone sounding like a Radio DJ screaming at me, "Yo Jim...We want to advertise on GreenguyandJim. How do you like that shit?' I hung up and after him calling 3 more times, I think he got the message :)